Lawmakers in the Brazilian Congress have approved changes allowing separated couples to have joint custody over their pets, reflecting the growing importance people place on their animal companions.

Italian justice will extradite a former pro-Bolsonaro congresswoman who fled Brazil in May 2024 and was arrested in Italy in July, after being convicted for orchestrating an invasion of the STF system to falsify an arrest warrant.

The Brazilian Congress has promulgated the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, with the Senate President expressing hopes for its provisional entry into force by May, pending the European calendar.